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Sidney Poitier was born in 1927. He had a difficult childhood and he had to drop out of school very early. When he was old enough, he joined the US Army. After this experience he joined the American Negro Theatre. His first important role in a movie was in 1955 with the movie "Blackboard Jungle". He was the first black actor to be nominated and win an Academy Award as best actor. He also is a film director.
Sidney Poitier has been married twice. From his first marriage he has four children, and from his second marriage he has two children.

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Sidney Poitier: If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't. The journey has been incredible from its beginning. So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness

Sidney Poitier: As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

Sidney Poitier: Almost all the job opportunities were reflective of the stereotypical perception of blacks that had infected the whole consciousness of the country.

Sidney Poitier: A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

Trivia (20)

Sidney Poitier with his friends Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand and Steve McQueen, created the independent "First Artist Production Company".

Sidney Poitier directed his first movie in 1972. The movie was "Buck and Preacher".

Sidney Poitier is the last of seven brothers.

Sidney Potier was fired from a his parking cars job because he was not good at driving.

Sidney Poitier lied to the director to get his first major role in "No Way Out", in 1950; in fact Sidney Poitier told him he was 27, when actually only 22 years old.